-THE HERM ISTON H E R A U ), HERMISTON, OREGON.
LANDS MUST BE
KEPT AT WORK
STORIES OF VENIZELOS’ BIRTH
Two ¡.agenda Told, Ons of Them Nar
rated by the Great Greek States
man Himself.
There are many legends surround
ing the birth of Venlzelos. Accord
Chief of the Forest Service Issues ing to one, his mother went to the
Monastery of the Virgin near Cauea
Warning Against Depletion
tq pray for a son, promising the child
should be born In a cattle shed after
of Wood Supplies.
New Testament tradition.
Another
tells the same story with this addi
tion:
When the abbot christened
Venlzelos he uttered, following the
mother’s wish, these prophetic words:
“I baptize thee Eleutherlos, for thou
M or* Than 80,000,000 A c re , Denuded shalt deliver our long-suffering Island
to Point of Absolute Idleness So
from the tyranny of the Turks.”
In the “Life of Venlzelos," by S.
Far as Production of Timber
B. Chester, still another story Is told,
Is Concerned.
based on Incidents narrated by the
Portland, Ore.—Forest lands not Greek statesman himself at a dinner
Deeded for agriculture must be kept party In London. His parents, hav
at work growing timber instead of be ing already lost three children, de
cided to follow the local custom and
ing allowed to lie Idle.
This warning was sounded by Col. adopt him as a foundling. There was
W. B. Greeley, chief of the forest a superstition that the child would
service, who stopped here en route to survive only If treated In this fashion.
Washington, D. C., from ¿lather Field, Eleutherlos was duly taken away
Cal., where he attended the forest from his mother and deposited on a
heap c* dry leaves outside the house.
fire conference.
Passing by soon afterward, some
"If we are to remain a nation of
friends, who, of course, played their
wood-users we must become a nation
role In the secret, "discovered” the
of wood growers,” declared Colonel
child, brought him to his parents and
Greeley, pointing out thip the United
urged that they adopt him as a found
States produces more than half of ling. They did, and Eleutherlos sur
the entire lumber cut of the world, vived and prospered.
and uses 95 per cent of the amount
"right here at home.”
LAW HAD BIBLICAL SANCTION
Timber Running Out.
"The exhaustion of our timber sup West Virginia Mayor Couldn’t See
ply Is coming about,” said the forest
Where Autoist Had Any Reason
service chief, “not because we have
fo r Complaint.
used our forests freely, but because
—
we have failed to use our timber
Law founded on the Bible is good
growing land. The problem In a nut enough for Mayor Gilmore of Morgan
shell Is the enormous area of forest town, W. Va. A local man charged
land, which has been so logged and with not having the tall light burning
burned that It Is producing little or on bis automobile was arraigned be
nothing. We have more than 80,000,- fore the mayor, who assessed a fine
000 acres, an area greater than all the of $3.
forests of France, Belgium, Holland,
The accused protested, said that
Denmark,
Germany,
Switzerland, it was a poor law under which he was
Spain and Portugal, which have been fined and that he did not think It
denuded to the point of absolute Idle would hold water In court.
ness so far as the production of any
The mayor declared any law found
timber of commercial value Is con ed on the Bible was good enough for
cerned.
him. The defendant said he couldn’t
"We have other enormous areas of see where a tall light had anything
cutover land now growing but a frac to do with the Bible.
The mayor
tion of the amount of timber which looked pityingly at the accused and
they might produce. And we are add said:
“Do you remember the tale about
ing to these areas of Idle or largely
Idle land from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 the ten virgins, five of whom had
acres every year, as destructive log lights and five of whom didn’t? Well,
ging and still more destructive log If you do, you will remember that
the Lord wouldn’t have anything to
ging progresses.
do with the five without lights, «nd
Sees Trouble Ahead.
“This situation cannot continue long neither will this court.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
without grave consequences, v
"Where Americans need more for
Miniature Libraries.
ests Is largely on these 80,000,000 tim
A curious Idea In book making la
ber-denuded acres which could be
made productive aguln with proper at offered by a firm of French publishers.
tention and proper protection against Tlieir plnn consists of substituting for
the large pages of the average books
fires.”
Some of the reasons why these for microphotographie reproductions of
ests are needed, according to Colonel them to be read through a magnifying
glass.
Greeley, are:
It Is proposed that the size of the
“Our manufacturing centers are
drawing at an enormous rate upon plates representing pages should be In
our timber supply—from two to four ternationally standardized, so that any
times as fast per capita as the coun one possessing tlie magnifying appara
tus would be able to read any book
try at large.
“Our railroads require 125,000,000 produced In this way. No technical
wooden crossties annually to main difficulties are said to be In the way.
It is claimed that the cost of pro
tain their roadbeds In fit condition and
duction would be enormously reduced.
take care of new construction.
“Our average well-kept farms, using Also It would greatly reduce the work
the upper Mississippi valley as an In of libraries now cumbered by books
stance, require 2,000 board feet of of every shape and size. The plates
lumber annually for repairs and Im would be, moreover, of a fire-proof
and durable material, while the system
provements.”
admits of an edition being enlarged to
any dimension desired In accordance
PROVES HER BROTHER THIEF with demand.
OUR TIMBER IS RUNNING OUT
Tacoma, Wash.—Without the fllckei
of an eyelash, devoid of all emotion
Miss Sadie Offerman attained the gon'
she had long sought as she sat In the
Superior court here and hea^d her
brother, Sam Offerman, branded by a
Jury as a thief.
It was her great moment, the time
she had looked forward to for more
than two years, as, according to her
own story, she saved a part of her
meager earnings In a New York gar
ment factory to return to Tacoma and
prosecute her brother.
Brother and sister more than two
years ago were partners In a small
garment factory In Tacoma.
They
quarreled, and Miss Offerman decided
to go to New York. She was residing
at her brother’s home. After her
trunk was packed he took It to the
station. When she arrived In the East
the trunk. Instead of containing tho
clothing and other articles she said
she packed In It, was filled with card-
hoard, according to her story to the
Jury.
Making Library Helpful.
Presuming that a public library Is
so well conducted that Its custodians
are able to direct applicants promptly
to the volume asked for, the next
step for an Ideal Institution would be
to advertise the treasures which It
holds in trust for all citizens.
It
would appear that the Newark (N. J.)
library has reached the second stage,
for It has been distributing circulars
telling how the ambitious worker may
educate himself by reading, and how
the library can help him to find Just
the right things to read. Taking a
cue from the methods of writers of
eye-catching
advertisements,
the
library entitled the circular In large
type: “Get Wise Quick.”—Christian
Science Monitor.
Arabs Long on Handshaking.
When frlrtidly Arabs meet their
salutation Is almost grotesque, for
they shake hands sevgn or eight times,
and sometimes repeatedly kiss each
other.
AW, WH ATS THE USE
BRITISH LOSE BILLION
Hit Hard by Strike and Boycott
in India.
Ghandl, Boycott Leader, Consider*
Violence Mortal Sin—Hie Punish
ment Would Set All India
Aflam e.
Washington.—How a slender, mild-
mannered man of fifty-two, who be
lieves violence of any kind a mortal
sin, has caused the British government
more trouble than any number of
revolutionists, was described In an ad
dress to the National Popular Govern
ment league by Syud Hossian.
“The English government knows not
what to do with this man, Mahatma
Ghandl,” said Hossian.
“If they Imprison or execute him It
will set India aflame. If they allow
his non-violent, non-co-operative move
ment of boycotting British goods and
everything British to proceed, It will
bankrupt them and overturn the
’strategic* center of empire In the
Orient
“This month Is the first anniver
sary of the start of the boycott Insti
tuted by Ghandl, and It has already
cut down English export trade to 25
per cent of its normal volume, result
ing in a cash loss of not less than
$1,000,000,000.
“If the same success attends the
refusal to pay taxes, which began
last month. It will mean a loss ut
$300,000,000 per year In revenue to the
government, which means collapse.
John Bull Is being hit in his most
vulnerable spot—his pocketbook."
Hossian described Ghandl as the
most remarkable person he had ever
met. He quoted Colonel Wedgewood, a
member of parliament, as saying:
“Ghandl Is the only man In the
world whose name can be mentioned
with that of Jesus Christ without
blasphemy.”
“Although a trained lawyer,” said
Hossian, “Ghandl earns his living as
a weaver. He worka at his modest
home, Is a great reader and student.
“Ghandl believes the use of vio
lence in any form Is a mortal sin.
Physical force he regards as the wea
pon, not of the strong, but of the
weak.
“He thinks the most potent Instru
ment for all purposes Is ‘soul force'
and the power of self suffering, and
does not permit himself an unkind
thought, even toward his bitterest ene
mies.”
SHELL CARRIES MESSAGE
one night, following complaint charg
ing her with theft of a diamond ring
valued at $1,200 last October. A tip
from Mrs. Hammond's dancing partner
led to the X-ray test.
Death Takes Man
Watching by B:er
New York.—With his hands
pressed tightly over his eyes, the
body of Abraham Berger, sixty,
was found kneeling beside the
coffin containing the body of Al
bert Rosenblatt. According to
the medical examiner, Berger
died of heart disease. Crowds
of superstitious folk stood
around discussing the death and
repented folklore dealing with
strange deaths. Undertakers hnd
hired Berger to watch the corpse
and to attend to funeral details.
Ex-Service Men as Teachers.
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Intensive training for teaching Is
SAME RESULT, AND CHEAPER given ex-service men In England at
Hornsey Rise Training college, un
Somewhat Rough on the Cat, but Flv* der the auspices of the ministry of
labor. The course Is 75 weeks long
Dollars Is Something These
and not more than 24 days’ absence
Hard Time*.
will be allowed to any student, so
that
the length of the course will ap
Expert testimony may be valuable
from a scientific point of view, but proximate that of the ordinary train
there are often cheaper ways of es ing college.
There are 180 students registered In
tablishing a certainty, us the follow
this course, which began July 1. All
ing shows.
An Irish laborer entered a drug of these have been approved by the
store, aud drawing a paper bug from board of education und by the Nation
al Union of Teachers. Some have al
his pocket, poured on the counter a
ready had teaching experience.
number of very sticky und unattrac
tlve looking pieces of candy.
Life as I See IL
"Can you exumine this candy T’ he
From our prehistoric ancestors down
asked.
“It looks queer. What’s tlie matter man has always had a friendly feel
Ing for trees, regarding them as al
with It?” asked the druggist.
“Pizen, Oi’m thinkin*. Did ye lver most sentient beings.
Great writers have not disdained to
see such stuff? Dinnis McGuire give
thlm to me b'y, an’ Dinnis is no frind express this feeling.
Robert Louis Stevenson says: “lie
of moine.”
Inquired bis way of every tree.”
“Well, I can make an analysis.”
And again, after an unpleasant en
“All right.
Ol’ll come in tomor
counter with a boor: “A tree would
row on me way from worrk.”
The Irishman had reached the door, not have spoken to me like thnt."—
but he suddenly stopped with his hand Louisville Courier-Journal.
on the latch.
She Guffawed Then.
“And how much will that analysis
Sam—I never zee you with Miss
cost me?” he Inquired.
Giddings any more.
“Five dollars,” was the answer.
Lou—No; 1 couldn’t stand her vul
The man walked over to the coun
ter and swept the candy Into the bag, gar laughing.
Sam—So! I hadn’t noticed It
which he replaced In his pocket.
Lou—No, you weren’t around when
“Niver molnd,” he said. “Ol’ll feed
wan to the cat.”—Philadelphia Ledger. I proposed to her.
WILD LEMONS IN PROFUSION
According to Traveler, They Are a
Generoue Gift of Nature to
leland of Norfolk.
Lemons grow wild all over the Island
of Norfolk, a British possession in the
South Pacific, according to Thomas J.
McMahon, In the Trans-Pacific Maga
zine. He writes that In every gurden
and paddock are clumps of trees ever
bearing fruit In wonderful abundance,
and of a variety full of rich Juice
and with a rind most suitable for
lemon peel.
Little factories, family concerns, are
dotted all over the Islands. They ar*
usually roughly constructed wooden
buildings divided Into three rooms.
There, with rather primitive Instru
ments, the women cut and squeeze
the lemons In huge frames, and the
skins are soaked in brine preparatory
to making lemon peel. During the
lemon season, which Is most of the
year, the boys and girls are engaged
daily In picking the fruit.
While there are only 800 people
on the Island, It could comfortably
and prosperously house 5,000 per
sons, according to Mr. McMahon. The
Island Is five miles long, three miles
broad and contains 8,600 acres.
Carlo .serra of New Stork Is here
shown with a model of his message-
carrying shell and receiving stutlon.
recently invented and patented. The
shell may be fired from any gun or
by compressed air.
The receiving
station comprises a wall forming a
support for a series of spring buffers.
Each shell has entangling pins which
become entangled when the shell hits
the selected receiving station. The
receiving stations are designed to
withstand the Impact of the arriving
shell. The hollow Interior of the shell
carries tlie messages.
Farms Supply Wild Life Loss.
According to figures supplied by
the Doialnion bureau of statistics,
losses to the fur Industry of Canada
cause«! by the spread of civilization
In the North are more than made up
by rapid development of the fur fann
ing Industry.
In 1920 there were 587 fur farms
In Canada, 578 of them foxes, six
mink, two raccoon and one karakule
sheep. The animals on these farms
are valued at a little less thun $5,-
000,000, silver foxes leading.
The Industry commenced on Prince
Edward Island and has worked west
into British Columbia. By provinces
the farms are distributed as follow s:
Prince Edward Island, 809;
Nova
Scotia, 55; New Brunswick, 57; Que
bec, 80; Ontario, 42; Manitoba and
Saskatchewan, 4; Alberta, 15; Brit
ish Columbia, I l and Yukon Terri
tory, 14.
Preventable Forest Fires.
More than 160,000 forest fires have
occurred In the United States during
the past five years. Of these, 80 per
cent were due to human agencies and
were therefore preventable.
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Finding Speed-Rate* of Insect*.
Experts of tlie United States De
partment of Agriculture have Just been
carrying out some tests to discover the
speed-ra’es of different species of files.
In a district of northern Texas 234.-
000 files of various species were
caught, were dusted with finely
powdered red chalk, and were then
liberated. Fly-traps, baited with food
especially relished by files, were placed
at measured distances from the point
of release. It was found that most ■
files would travel distances up to "
1,000 feet In a few mlnulea. The
house-fly covered over six miles lu le s "
than 24 hours. The maximum dis
tance traveled by It In these experi *
ments was 13.14 miles.
Whether It made this stopping plum a
Its permanent home or returned to
ward the starting point Is not recorile I
In the accounts that have appeared.
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X-Ray Solve* T h e ft.
Casper, Wyo.—An X-ray examina
tion of a woman's stomach solved a
diamond ring mystery, according to
County Attorney Purcell. Mrs. Eva
Hammond, a prisoner In the county
Jail was placed in custody of a phy
sician while county authorities con
sidered what method to pursue In re
Mr. and Mrs. Dr. F. V. Prime en
covery of the ring. Mrs. Hammond was
arrested after she attended a dance tertained several friends with a din
ner party Monday evening.
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